INDONESIAN MILITARY FORCE IN 1960
Indonesia's military strength is one of the largest and strongest in the world. at that time, even the Dutch forces had not comparable to Indonesia, and the United States is very concerned with the development of Indonesian military forces were massively supported by the latest technology of the Soviet Union.In 1960, the Dutch still entrenched in Papua. Seeing the power of the Republic of Indonesia were more severe, Western-backed Dutch devise a ruse to establish a puppet state that seemed to be independent, but still under the control of the Dutch.
President Sukarno immediately took extreme action, goal, reclaim Papua. Sukarno immediately issued an edict "TRIKORA" in Yogyakarta, and the contents are:
Abort the formation of a puppet state of Papua, made in colonial Dutch.
Hoist the Red and White all over West Irian
Be prepared for a general mobilization, maintaining independence and unity of the nation's ground water.
Thanks to the proximity of Indonesia with the Soviets, Indonesia then get help in the form of a massive naval forces and advanced air military in the world with a huge value, U.S. $ 2.5 billion. At that time, the Indonesian military forces being the strongest in the southern hemisphere and even rival Australia. Immediately, we see the power map Indonesia At that time:
Strength Sea Fleet INDONESIAN MILITARY STRENGTH IN 1960
MAIN WARSHIP
Indonesia's main strength in Trikora it is one of the largest and fastest warships in the world-made Soviet Sverdlov class, with a giant cannon 12 caliber 6 inches. ISetelah arrived in Indonesia, the vessel was renamed KRI Irian. Ships with giant weights 16,640 tons with a crew of 1270 people, including 60 officers. Soviet, never once giving the ship as strong as any other nation, except Indonesia. The ships are now on the latest Indonesian Sigma class only weighs 1600 tons.
SUBMARINE
Not only warship, Indonesia also has 12 Whiskey class submarine is also support from the Soviet Union. One of the 12th submarine is named Pasopati and is now used as a submarine monument (monkasel) in one area in Surabaya.
CORVETTE
Not to forget, dozens of Corvette-class battleships were also given to the Indonesian government's future. Corvette function at that time was as a guard or escort of Indonesia's biggest warship at that time, no other is KRI Irian. Below is a photo of KRI Tjiptadi which is one of the Corvette assistance of the Soviet Union:
If totalized whole, then Indonesia has 104 combat ships. Great quantities to a new country feel of independence 15 years. That's just the rule of the sea, how the supremacy of the air ...??? ...
AIR STRENGTH
Indonesian air force has also become one of the deadliest air fleet in the world, consisting of more than 100 sophisticated aircraft at that time. The fleet consists of:
Combat Aircraft (Fighter)
For the air force, Indonesia received considerable help staggering even scary. Clay only the data below:
20 supersonic fighter MiG-21 Fishbed.
30 MiG-15 aircraft.
49 high-subsonic fighter MiG-17.
10 MiG-19 supersonic aircraft.
Here it is the data all the above 4 types of aircraft:
MiG-21 Fishbed
Combat Aircraft (Fighter)
For the air force, Indonesia received considerable help staggering even scary. Clay only the data below:
20 supersonic fighter MiG-21 Fishbed.
30 MiG-15 aircraft.
49 high-subsonic fighter MiG-17.
10 MiG-19 supersonic aircraft.
Here it is the data all the above 4 types of aircraft:
MiG-21 Fishbed
MiG-21F Fishbed fighters ambushed is a short distance and a first-generation production aircraft of the MiG-21 series are popular. The prototype of this aircraft, the E-5 (pronounced Ye-5) first flew in 1955 and presented to the public appeared at the time of the Soviet flight Day at Tushino Airfield, Moscow in June 1956. During the Vietnam War, the aircraft is used for attack U.S. aircraft fleet, is also used in the Arab-Israeli war, including the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War, the Indo-Pakistani, Yemeni crisis and wars in various parts of the third world, so it deserves dijiluki AK-47 in the air, or the sharp stones from the east because initially the west, especially the United States underestimate this plane. More than 30 countries in the world including U.S. allies use this aircraft. At least 15 versions of the MiG 21 have been produced, some outside the Soviet Union. There are approximately 8000 of these aircraft have been produced.
MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15) (NATO code Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. The aircraft is actively used in the Korean War and later produced in various countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia and the People's Republic of China
MiG-17
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17) (NATO code "Fresco") is a Soviet jet fighter that is active since 1952. aircraft is a further development of the MiG-15. Indonesia never had this type of aircraft in large numbers.
MiG-19
MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19) (NATO code "Farmer") is a Soviet jet fighter. It was the first Soviet aircraft capable of flying at supersonic speeds. This aircraft first flew in 1953. Indonesia never had this type of aircraft, which in turn donated to Pakistan that used to face India in the India-Pakistan war with the help of a complete Whiskey class submarine with a crew of Navy submarine.
MiG-21 Fishbed is one of the world's most advanced supersonic aircraft, which was capable of flying at speeds up to Mach 2. Aircraft is even more powerful than the current U.S. advanced aircraft, supersonic F-104 Starfighter and F-5 Tiger. While the Dutch are still relying on the planes from World War II as the P-51 Mustang.
For the record, awesomeness aircraft MiG-21 and MiG-17 in the Vietnam War to encourage Americans founded the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor, pilot training center best known as TOP GUN.
AIRCRAFT BOMBER
Tupolev Tu-16
Indonesia also received help in the form of several helicopters. Here's the data:
INDONESIAN MILITARY STRENGTH IN 1960
9 The world's largest helicopter MI-6
41 helicopters MI-4
MI-6
Mi-6 (NATO code: Hook) is a Russian-made helicopter produced by the Mil bureau led by Mikhail L. Mil. The first time out in September 1957 and is the largest helicopter in the world, and solve many world records. Largest record until a successor was borne in the early 1980s, Mil Mi-26 Halo with the exception of Mil Mi-12 Homer is considered a failure and not mass produced.
MI4
Mi-4 helicopters are assigned on two different roles, civil and military. Mi-4 was built to compete with the H-19 Chihckasaw of the United States in the Korean War. Mi-4 is very similar to the H-19 Chickasaw, but Mi-4 has the capacity and is capable of lifting loads greater than the circuitry H-19 Chickasaw.INDONESIAN MILITARY STRENGTH IN 1960
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Various aircraft carrier including heavy transport aircraft Antonov An-12B is also given to Indonesia.
ARMY STRENGTH
For strength on land, Indonesia get help form the best assault rifle at the time and still be a legendary weapon until now, the other is not an AK-47.AK 47:
It all makes Indonesia one of the sea and air military power of the strongest in the world. The effect is so great, so that America under the leadership of John F. Kennedy forced the Dutch to get out of Papua, and states in the United Nations forum that the transition of power in Papua, from the Netherlands to Indonesia is something that can be accepted.INDONESIAN MILITARY STRENGTH IN 1960
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